On Pain
Our souls do not grow if we insulate ourselves from pain. — Madeleine L’Engle, in Penguins and Golden Calves
On Good from Evil
Now the fact that God can make complex good out of simple evil does not excuse … those who do the simple evil. … Offenses must come, but woe to those by whom they come; sins do cause grace to abound, but we must not make that an excuse for continuing to sin. — C.S. […]
On the Worship of God
The worship of Yah is an attitude. One strives for perfection in all things, including a forgetfulness of self. And one keeps a thankful heart, even in painful experience which we cannot interpret. Then we can only trust Him, knowing He rules all things which concern us. — Florence Marvyne Bauer, in Abram, Son of […]
On Life’s Changes
How do you pick up the threads of an old life left behind? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand that there is no going back? That there are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep … that have taken hold. — spoken by […]
Fear Is Not a Bad Thing….
There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain. —Aeschylus If you think on this one in relation to your own life, you will doubtless see the truth in it. How many toddlers, despite constant warnings of “Don’t […]